. >> around 9:00 tonight, a bomb disposal team from the fbi and the solano sheriff department -- they lit a fuse and exploded the pile. the cops say a man who lived here has been making small bombs in recent days. >> our information is, he is not only manufacturing bombs, but detonating them. >> vallejo police dispatched dozens of officers to evacuate nearby homes. s.w.a.t. officers prepared for the possibility of a long standoff. the man quickly surrendered. >> preparing to block streets off. the suspect came out of his residence, he was recognized ask taken into custody. >> police are not identifying the bomb making suspect, but investigators say they got a tip from his roommates that he was building an even bigger bomb today. the man is a squatter who has been blowing stuff up in recent days. they thought it was fireworks. >> he's just a creep on the block. >> he and his neighbors called police because they believe the man is dangerous. >> you know, the guy, i smell chemicals. i would tell the police officers. he would just be making all kinds of noise. it would be so loud, it woul